Improved settee



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SULLIVAN HILL, OF SPENCER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND E. A. HILL, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 91,232, dated June 15, 1869.

IMPROVED SETTEE.

The Schedule referred to iu these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Know all men by these presents That' 'I, SULLIVAN HILL, of Spencer, in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Settees; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, ret'- erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forining a part of this specification, in which-4.

Figure 1 represents a front view of one of my improved settees.

Figure 2 represents a cross-section on line A B,

To enable those skilled in the art -to which my invention belongs, to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

Ihe nature of my invention consists in an improved settee, made from separate chairs, united 4together by rails or strips, the two outer chairs being provided with single arms, all :is hereafter described.

In the drawings- A A A A' are chairs, united by rails, or slats a a and b b, the rails a a being fastened to the under sides of the seats B, while the rails, or slats b b are fastened to the rounds, or cross-pieces c c of the chairs'.

The connecting-rails, or slats may be secured to the chairs or chair-frames by screws, pins, or in any other suitable manner.

The end chairs A are provided with arms O.

The rails, or slats a c and b b may be secured to diii'ereut part-s of the chairs from those sl'owu Xin the drawings, if preferred, all that is necessa y being to have the chairs connected together in a fsuciently strong manner to answer the purpose oli a settee.

Any of the various styles of chairs in use may be used in the construction of the settee, and the seats may be of wood, cane, or upholstered in any form which fancy or taste may dictate.

My settee presents many advantages over those in common use. It Alooks more finished and attractive, and can be taken apart and pnt together in a very short time, and that, too, by a person unskilled in the use of tools.

In the use of my improved settee there will be less crowding ofthe persons who occupy seats thereon, from the fact that each individual will be inclined, from considerations of personal ease and comfort, to occupy his own proper seat, whereas, in the use of the old settee, one or two persons often monopolize so much of the settee as tocrowd very much the other occupants thereof.

The settee may be made of chairs having swivelled, or turning seats, so that they can be made to front either way. It may also be made from the upper parts of chairs, the seats being supported on proper trame-work.

Having described my improved settee,

What I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A settee, made of separate chairs, united securely by propel' connecting-rails, or strips, the end chairs being provided with single arms C, as shown and described.

SULLIVAN HILL.

Witnesses:

THos. H. DODGE, ALBERT E. Person. 

